Coconut-smashing ritual honours deity at Aadi Perukku Hindu festival

Hundreds of Hindu devotees gathered in Mettu Mahadanapuram to usher in the Aadi Perukku festival, which includes breaking coconuts over their heads as a symbolic ritual. The tradition, which is observed at the Sri Mahalakshmi temple, symbolizes the act of letting go of the past, while the festival itself is a way of expressing gratitude for the life-sustaining qualities of water following the monsoon rains. <br> <br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. <br>Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews <br>Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews <br>Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com